 infobox country native_name domain of greyhawk common_name greyhawk image_coat coat_greyhawk gif image_map greyhawk jpg capital greyhawk city greyhawk major_cities hardby narwell safeton elmshire provinces one metropolis two small cities two large towns numerous villages and manorial estates resources silver electrum gold platinum gems gems i-iv river and road trade nexus languages common keoish ferrond rhopan gnome halfling government_type oligarchy leader_title lord mayor of greyhawk lord mayor leader_name nerof gasgal citizen people of greyhawk population 148 800 demographics human human osfbr halfling halfling lightfoot gnome elf elf sylvan dwarf elf half-elf orc half-orc demographic_numbers 117 600 13 400 7 400 4 500 3 000 1 500 1 500 religions zilchus pelor st cuthbert norebo fharlanghn alignment n all others platinum plate gold orb electrum lucky silver noble copper common allies duchy of urnst furyondy nyrond county of urnst veluna verbobonc dyvers the shield lands enemies the pomarj iuz country iuz various evil cults iuz god iuz vecna wastri nerull etc the horned society culture culture culture the citizens of the domain of greyhawk are largely concerned with personal independence a characteristic that shows itself even now with the occasional rumblings amongst the more powerful towns and cities of the region and their desire to split off from greyhawk were it not from the threats from the pomarj they likely would have broken up even further long ago; this is essentially all that is currently holding the region together and many think this may not be enough for long other than this the city is considered a bastion of neutrality neither supporting the military actions of others nor impeding them it is this facet that leads many groups to make their homes in the city including members of the renown citadel of eight geography geography geography the city of greyhawk controlled a sizable parcel of land ranging from the northern coast of the woolly bay to the southern shores of midbay within the nyr dyv the cairn hills and the abbor-alz mark the eastern border while the western border is usually considered to lie within the gnarley forest and along the edge of the welkwood military military military the military forces of greyhawk are largely a militia drawn from the populace of the various cities of the lands a few thousand at most they are typically armed with merely a sword and club though the city also provides armor for all members the militia patrols the entire region fighting off threats such as bandits orcs human rhennee and assorted monsters the remainder of the army includes the hardby marines a group of six war galleys that patrol the woolly bay and the mountaineer militia of the abbor-alz with a number of ground troops and a score of griffon -riding skymen history history history greyhawk started its life as a minor village on the selintan river a small trading outpost at first it came to be dominated by nial lord nial a nearby warlord from a keep on a hill above the village around 4 cy under the authority of the great kingdom after several years of taxation the influence of this sovereign was enough to earn him a new title from the overking ; landgraf of the selintan the first landgraf 's son was soon wed to the daughter of the gynarch of hardby gynarch of hardby cementing a political alliance that brought together the river valley into a single entity known as the landstadt of selintan with a series of ups and down following this declaration this confluence reached its height under the guidance of the last landgraf - the mad archmage zagig yragerne though a native of the wild coast this man managed to gain a seat on the council and by 310 cy had been elected to the position of lord mayor of greyhawk lord mayor his rulership as both landgraf and as lord mayor of greyhawk started as the most successful in the landstadt 's history he refortified the city reformed many of its increasingly-onerous laws established the grey college today one of the most prestigious institutions one can attend and on the whole brought great prosperity to the valley the construction of the great castle greyhawk was an unparalleled achievement of engineering and though some of his projects seemed without purpose or even destructive his role overall was of great benefit to greyhawk and its inhabitants further the founding of nyrond in 356 cy finally cut off the last ties to the great kingdom granting the domain of greyhawk independence in all but official word unfortunately zagig 's eccentricities eventually took him far from his duties as a ruler by 370 cy his odd personality had begun to deteriorate it was obvious to all that the archmage had ceased to age physically but the years seem to have begun taking their toll on him mentally evidence of his growing imbalance can be found throughout the records of the time; for example his plan to add new walls around the city each made entirely out of an elemental force without regard to the feasibility of this or even the effect on the citizenry should it have been enacted among many it was believed that his former triumphs aside zagig would end up leading the city to ruin at best; at worst he would somehow destroy the city entirely finally one day in 421 cy the mad archmage simply didn't show up to a meeting of the oligarchy from then on other than the occasional rumor or story from his former allies and companions he was not seen by a single mortal soul on oerth sanity began to return to the city and it wasn't long before the city managed to recover from the brief decline zagig zagig's actions had begun to place on it by 498 cy it was officially declared by the new lord mayor of greyhawk lord mayor as a free city and though it has suffered a few setbacks in the interim it has grown to great heights since then today it is one of the major centers of advancement for learning and the arts and is thought by many to be the single most important city in the flanaess 